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Nostradamus' greatest influence came from his two
grandfathers, both were doctors and teachers of the kabala. They passed this
forbidden knowledge of the kabala on to the boy along with a vast knowledge
of classical literature, history, medicine, astrology and herbal folk medicine.
The two grandfathers were clairvoyant themselves, a gift that
Nostradamus obviously inherited and that the grandfathers secretly encouraged.
Nostradamus learned as a child that he was decended from a long line of
clairvoyants reinfornced by his deep knowledge of astrology.
His secretary, Jean-Aymes de Chavigny, once described
the adult Nostradamus as "...a little under medium height, robust, nimble
and vigorous. He had a straight nose and grey eyes which were usually pleasant
but which blazed when he was angry. His cheeks were red, even in his old age,
and his beard was long and thick. He was lively and inquiring mind and a
remarkable memory. He spoke little, but thought a great deal. He slept
only four or five hours a night."
According to Nostradamus author John Hogue (Nostradamus and the
Millennium (Doubleday and Co., 1987): His healing skills saved thousands
of lives.
Some psychic investigators believe that Nostradamus acquired
his healing skills from his visions of the future, in which he saw advanced methods of
sanitation and medicine. For example, in one quatrain Nostradamus mentions
Louis Pasteur by name, four centuries before the scientist's birth - revelation
that has silenced many Nostradamus skeptics, except James Randi, of course.
Nostradamus also prescribed special "rose pills" for plague victims.
These can be found in his book, The Exliers of Nostradamus.
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